Xwashing-machine



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MOSES CHASE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 4,361, dated January 23, 184.6.

To all whomy t may concern Be it known that I, Mosns CHASE, ofBaltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Machines for Fulling, Scouring, and' Washing Clothes,which is described as follows, reference being had to the annexeddrawings of the same, making part of this specification.

Figure 1,.'is a front View. Fig. 2, is a vertical section on the line A,B, of Fig. l. Fig. 3, is a longitudinal section of one half of themachine. Fig. 4L, is a side view of one half of the machine. Fig. 5, isan isometrical perspective view of the machine.

The front A and back Bof this machine are made of 2 cast iron platesforming 4 legs and strengthened by suitable ribs and iianges, and madeto hold and confine the sides c of the tub which are made of wood of acurved shape said cast iron plates being securely held together by lhorizontal parallel screw rods and nuts D. The top is made of wood anddivided into 4 sections two of which (E) are stationary and two (F)movable the two that are movable are hinged to the other two by commonbutt hinges and are beveled on the inner ends so as to fit close againstthe central part of the box and serve as lids for closing the openingsthrough which the clothes are introduced. A horizontal transversevibrating shaft Gr is placed in suitable boxes in the front and rearcast iron plates of the machine. Two parallel levers l-l are fixed tothe outer ends of this shaft outside the box for vibrating it. The shaftpasses through the centers of the boxes and levers. The levers extendbeyond the hides of the box and are connected by two parallel rounds I Iin the manner of the levers of a common fire engine for vibrat-ing theaxles. Cast iron arms K Figs. 2 and 3 project down from this axle towhich is fastened a central follower M of the usual form andconstructionfor pressing the articles to be cleansed against the sides of the box.The upper. sections N of the sides of the box are made movable, and areconnected with the central follower M for turning the clothes calledcounter pressers. They vibrate on axles Oat the bottom or lower edgesthereof inserted into the cast iron plates or frame. They are connectedtogether by afcentral plate l? extending from one to the other acrossthe middle of the box, fastened by bolts or other suitable means, sothat when the upper portion of one of these counter-pressers movestoward the center of the box the other moves from it and soy vice versa.The connection of them with the central vibrating follower is effectedby means of shortbolts passed through the arms and into notches ordepressions made in the middle of the connecting plate P said boltcoming in contact with the plate as the follower is vibrated alternatelyon either side and thus causing the counter pressers N to vibratealternately to the right and left as the central follower M is vibratedby which the clothes are alternately pressed obliquely upward againstthe concave surface of the counter pressers and turners-the clothesturning over as the central follower moves in an opposite direction vfollowed by the counter presser attached to it. These movements areeffected by vibrating the levers H in the manner of the fire engine.This combined action of the central with the counter pressers N keepsthe clothes under an alternate pressing and counter pressing operationon either side and at the same time turning the clothes over at eachalternate movement, thereby cleansing them without injury. Steam is alsointroduced through the opening .in the back of the machine. The dirtywater when the operation is completed, is drawn off through the apertureR in front of the bottom- Hot water and soap may be put into the machinewith the clothes and be confined by the lids which are made to fit steamtight.

What I claim as my invention and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is-The combination of the vibrating backs N and plates P with the centraldasher M and axle G and parallel arms H and rounds I for operating thesame-the whole being arranged and operated in the manner and for thepurpose set forth.

WM. P. ELLIOT, A. E. H. JOHNSON.

